Joe Biden will be president until noon on January 20. The Democrats will have the Senate until January 3. Both need to step up to the plate. Biden needs to flood aid and weapons to Ukraine, pushing the envelope on his legal authority. The Senate needs to work night and day to confirm every judge to district and appeals courts where openings exist.
This is how dictators destroy free nations. They threaten those who speak against them with death. We cannot entrust our country and our freedom to a petty, vindictive, cruel, unstable man who wants to be a tyrant. #Womenwillnotbesilenced#VoteKamala
In 1971, after the Justice Dept enjoined The NY Times from publishing the Pentagon Papers, my father gave them to the @washingtonpost. It was ultimately the call of Katherine Graham, publisher/owner. She was warned that her paper’s survival was on the line. She didn’t blink.
Groundbreaking new study finds preK is one of most effective, pro-work policies ever evaluated.
Tax records show every $1 spent on free full-day preK generated $6 back
ROI mostly came from extra pay parents earned b/c they had more hours of care for kids https://t.co/fW1zJB5Npu
Former Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan says he will not be voting for Trump:
“Character is too important to me—and the presidency is a job that requires the kind of character that he just doesn’t have…I’m going to write in a Republican”
(May)
🧵The director of Project 2025 was chief of staff of Trump's Office of Personnel Management.
The author of the Project 2025 chapter on national defense served as acting Defense Secretary under Trump.
The author of the chapter on homeland security was head of DHS under Trump.
Next year, half our tax code expires and this election is basically about turning a dial that has "less child poverty" on one side and "more money for billionaires" on the other side. Choose wisely!
Good morning to readers; Moscow remains in Putin’s hands.
For now.
The Wagner Group has seized territory in Russia and is trying to remove the nation’s military leadership from power.
The UK assesses that the mercenaries are trying to get to Moscow.
Twitter used to routinely challenge Turkey’s takedown requests
Erdogan actually had Twitter banned in Turkey in 2014 for refusing to comply. (the courts later ended the ban.)
but that was on the “censorship” version of Twitter, not this new “free speech” one